Cottonwood man arrested after high-speed pursuit

A 30-year-old Cottonwood man was arrested on DUI and other criminal charges Sunday after he led sheriff's deputies and others on a high-speed pursuit that reached speeds of more than 100 mph.

Scott Rodrick Brummett remained Monday in Shasta County Jail with bail set at $51,000.

Sheriff's deputies said the episode began shortly before 2 a.m. when a deputy patrolling the Highway 273 area near Win-River Casino saw a red Toyota Supra leaving the casino and travelling northbound on the highway.

The deputy said it appeared the car's driver, later identified as Brummett, was unable to keep in his driver's lane.

Deputies said the car stopped at a stoplight next to another vehicle and Brummett began revving the car's engine and accelerated when the light turned green,.

The deputy activated his patrol vehicle’s overhead lights and siren, but the car drove eastbound on South Bonnyview Road after failing to pull over.

The car then got onto southbound Interstate 5. Officers with the the Anderson Police Department and the California Highway Patrol, along with a CHP helicopter, were called to assist as the car continued south on the freeway at speeds of more than 100 mph, deputies said.

An Anderson police officer, using a spike strip at I-5 and Riverside Drive, was able to deflate both of the car's front tires, but the driver continued and led deputies into the Cottonwood area, failing to stop at multiple stop signs, deputies said.

The car eventually came to a stop on Main Street south of the Shasta County line and Brummett got out and ran westbound, jumping a six-foot fence and running across I-5, deputies said.

A passenger, identified as Kenny T. Redd, 37, of Memphis, Tennessee, stayed in the car and was questioned and later released, deputies said.

Brummett was later found hiding behind a barn and taken into custody without a fight.

He was found to have an outstanding warrant for DUI and violating probation, deputies said.

He was arrested on suspicion of felony evading a peace officer, resisting or delaying a peace officer, DUI, operating a vehicle without an interlock device, driving on a suspended license and on the outstanding warrant.